2. Aim: By the end of this session student will
Identify what psychological skills training programmes
are and the assessments needed to complete them
(P5 Links with assignment 4)
Objectives: By the end of this session students will
Identify what psychological skills programmes are.
Describe the main phases used when producing a PST.
Assemble a needs analysis for a member of the group.
3. What are the factors Environment:
Personal
that can affect cohesion.
Leadership
How can they affect Team
team cohesion.
Autocratic – ‘do this’, ‘do it like
this’.
What are the three Democratic – ‘How do you think
main leadership styles? we can do this’.
Laissez-faire – ‘here the problem/
you solve it’.
4. Question: - We all know that
How do we get better at training helps our
the sports we play? performance.
However, often people
train to improve their
physical skills and
forget about improving
their psychological
skills.
5. Have you ever turned These are all situations
up to a game and where effective
thought ‘I can’t be psychological training
bothered today?’ programmes might have
helped.
This involves the
acquisition and
development of a range
of skills.
These are designed to
improve performance
over time.
6. Education:
Teaching the athlete why PST is beneficial.
Acquisition:
Learning different psychological skills.
Practice:
Providing opportunities to use techniques in
competition.
What does each phase mean?
7. Before deciding on what the athlete wants to
achieve during their PST programme, they
need to carry out an initial assessment.
This can be achieved through:
Interviews - semi-structured interviews are often
best.
Questionnaires – levels of different psychological
factors. (ACSI – Sheet)
Performance profiling – (Practical team sports.)
8. The ACSI is a questionnaire that rates an athlete’s
psychological skills.
Coping
Peaking
Goal settling
Mental preparation
Concentration
Confidence
Achievement motivation
Coach ability.
9. After the initial assessment has been
completed, the needs analysis should be
completed.
This is a written document that outlines what
the athlete’s main strengths and areas for
improvement and some initial suggestions of
what they can improve.
From this analysis, you can start to put
together the aims and objectives.
10. Working in pairs use the scale on the back of
the sheet, calculate your skills.
Now complete a needs analysis for your
partner.
11. From your needs analysis what are the main
strengths and area for improvements.
What are the three main areas needed in
order to compete a PST.
What does each area represent.
12. Aim: By the end of this session student will
Identify what psychological skills training programmes
are and the assessments needed to complete them
Objectives: By the end of this session students will
Identify what psychological skills programmes are.
Describe the main phases used when producing a PST.
Assemble a needs analysis for a member of the group.
